Editing 1974 in television (section)

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
|January 14
|[[Kevin Durand]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 18
|[[Devon Odessa]]
|Actress (''[[My So-Called Life]]'')
|-
|[[Maulik Pancholy]]
|Actor (''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', ''[[Sanjay and Craig]]'')
|-
|January 19
|[[Frank Caliendo]]
|Comedian and impressionist (''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[Fox NFL Sunday]]'')
|-
|January 22
|[[Erica Messer]]
|Writer
|-
|rowspan="3"|January 23
|[[Tiffani Thiessen]]
|Actress (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'')
|-
|[[Rebekah Elmaloglou]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Norah O'Donnell]]
|American television journalist
|-
|January 24
|[[Ed Helms]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[The Daily Show]]'', ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'')
|-
|January 28
|[[Ty Olsson]]
|Actor
|-
|January 31
|[[Anna Silk]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Lost Girl]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |February 5
|[[Rod Roddenberry]]
|Television producer
|-
|[[Omarosa Manigault Newman|Omarosa]]
|Reality TV personality<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blakely |first=Rhys |date=2024-06-26 |title=Omarosa Manigault Newman: ‘Yeah, I came to realise that Donald Trump is a misogynist and a bigot’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/omarosa-manigault-newman-interview-yeah-i-came-to-realise-that-donald-trump-is-a-misogynist-and-a-bigot-nmksbvq0k |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=[[The Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|February 7
|[[Steve Nash]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 8
|[[Seth Green]]
|Actor, comedian and director (''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[Robot Chicken]]'')
|-
|[[Joshua Morrow]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|-
|February 9
|[[Amber Valletta]]
|Actress (''[[Legends (TV series)|Legends]]'', ''[[Blood & Oil]]'')
|-
|February 10
|[[Elizabeth Banks]]
|Actress (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Moonbeam City]]'')
|-
|February 11
|[[Alex Jones]]
|Radio show host 
|-
|February 12
|[[Lisa Brenner]]
|Actress (''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
|February 16
|[[Mahershala Ali]]
|Actor (''[[The 4400]]'', ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'', ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 17
|[[David Lipper]]
|Actor (''[[Full House (TV series)|Full House]]'')
|-
|[[Jerry O'Connell]]
|Actor (''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]'', ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 18
|Nicole St. John
|Actress (''[[Futurama]]'')
|-
|[[Jillian Michaels]]
|American personal trainer
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 24
|[[Bonnie Somerville]]
|Actress (''[[Grosse Pointe]]'', ''[[In-Laws]]'', ''[[Code Black (TV series)|Code Black]]'')
|-
|[[Jenna Wolfe]]
|Journalist
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 1  
|[[Mark-Paul Gosselaar]]
|Actor ([[Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell)|Zack Morris]] on ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')
|-
|[[Cara Buono]]
|Actress (''[[The Sopranos]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'')
|-
|March 3
|[[David Faustino]]
|Actor (''[[Married... with Children]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 5
|[[Kevin Connolly (actor)|Kevin Connolly]]
|Actor (''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'', ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'')
|-
|[[Eva Mendes]]
|Actress
|-
|March 7
|[[Jenna Fischer]]
|Actress (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' ''[[You, Me and the Apocalypse]]'')
|-
|March 10
|[[Cristián de la Fuente]]
|Actor
|-
|March 12
|[[Jama Williamson]]
|Actress (''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', ''[[Hollywood Heights (TV series)|Hollywood Heights]]'', ''[[School of Rock (TV series)|School of Rock]]'', ''[[Just Add Magic]]'')
|-
|March 14
|[[Grace Park (actress)|Grace Park]]
|American-Canadian actress (''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'')
|-
|March 17
|[[Marisa Coughlan]]
|Actress (''[[Wasteland (American TV series)|Wasteland]]'', ''[[Side Order of Life]]'')
|-
|March 20
|[[Paula Garcés]]
|Actress
|-
|March 21
|[[Rhys Darby]]
|Actor
|-
|March 22
|[[Bassem Youssef]]
|Comedian and TV host<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-19 |title=Bassem Youssef |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/6/3339/Bassem-Youssef |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=EgyptToday}}</ref>
|-
|March 23
|[[Randall Park]]
|Actor (''[[Fresh Off the Boat]]'')
|-
|March 24
|[[Alyson Hannigan]]
|Actress (''[[Free Spirit (U.S. TV series)|Free Spirit]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'') and singer
|-
|March 25
|[[Lark Voorhies]]
|Actress (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')
|-
|March 31 
|[[Angela Dotchin]]
|Actress (''[[Shortland Street]]'')
|-
|April 8
|[[Chris Kyle]]
|United States Navy SEAL sniper who appeared on the [[reality television]] show ''[[Stars Earn Stripes]]'' (died 2013)
|-
|April 10
|[[Omar Metwally]]
|Actor
|-
|April 11 
|[[Tricia Helfer]]
|[[Canadians|Canadian]] actress and model ([[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|''Battlestar Galactica'']])
|-
|April 12
|[[Marley Shelton]]
|Actress (''[[Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)|Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Lottery]]'')
|-
|April 15
|[[Danny Pino]]
|Actor (''[[Cold Case]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 16
|[[Grizz Chapman]]
|Actor (''[[30 Rock]]'')
|-
|[[Valarie Rae Miller]]
|Actress
|-
|April 18
|[[Edgar Wright]]
|Screenwriter
|-
|April 21
|[[Kevin Hageman]]
|Screenwriter
|-
|April 23 
|[[Barry Watson (actor)|Barry Watson]]
|Actor (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'')
|-
|April 26
|[[Ivana Miličević]]
|Bosnian-American actress (''[[Banshee (TV series)|Banshee]]'')
|-
|April 27
|[[Joseph Millson]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 28
|[[Penélope Cruz]]
|Spanish-American actress and model
|-
|[[Vernon Kay]]
|English television and radio presenter
|-
|May 7
|[[Breckin Meyer]]
|Actor (''[[Franklin & Bash]]'')
|-
|May 15
|[[Russell Hornsby]]
|Actor (''[[Lincoln Heights (TV series)|Lincoln Heights]]'', ''[[In Treatment (U.S. TV series)|In Treatment]]'', ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'')
|-
|May 17
|[[Sendhil Ramamurthy]]
|Actor (''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'', ''[[Covert Affairs]]'')
|-
|May 20
|[[The White Buffalo (musician)|The White Buffalo]]
|Musician
|-
|May 21
|[[Fairuza Balk]]
|Actress (''[[Ray Donovan]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 22
|[[Sean Gunn]]
|Actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'')
|-
|[[A.J. Langer]]
|Actress (''[[Drexell's Class]]'', ''[[My So-Called Life]]'', ''[[It's Like, You Know...]]'', ''[[Three Sisters (American TV series)|Three Sisters]]'', ''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'')
|-
|May 23
|[[Ken Jennings]]
|Host
|-
|May 29
|[[Aaron McGruder]]
|Writer
|-
|June 1
|[[Melissa Sagemiller]]
|Actress (''[[Sleeper Cell]]'', ''[[Raising the Bar (2008 TV series)|Raising the Bar]]'')
|-
|June 2
|[[Leah Cairns]]
|Actress
|-
|June 3
|[[Arianne Zucker]]
|Actress and model (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|-
|June 5
|[[Chad Allen (actor)|Chad Allen]]
|Actor (''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 6
|[[Danny Strong]]
|Actor (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'')
|-
|[[Sonya Walger]]
|English actress (''[[The Mind of the Married Man]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[FlashForward]]'', ''[[The Catch (TV series)|The Catch]]'')
|-
|June 7
|[[Bear Grylls]]
|English adventurer and TV host
|-
|June 12
|[[Jason Mewes]]
|American actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 13
|[[Steve-O]]
|American stunt performer and entertainer (''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'')
|-
|[[Valeri Bure]]
|American former ice hockey right winger
|-
|June 17
|[[Matthew Senreich]]
|American voice actor
|-
|June 19
|[[Bumper Robinson]]
|Actor (''[[Transformers: Animated]]'', ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'', ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse]]'')
|-
|June 21
|[[Maggie Siff]]
|Actress (''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 22
|[[Donald Faison]]
|Actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'')
|-
|[[Lecy Goranson]]
|Actress (''[[Roseanne]]'')
|-
|June 26 
|[[Derek Jeter]]
|[[MLB]] baseball player
|-
|June 28
|[[Rob Dyrdek]]
|Actor
|-
|June 30
|[[Tony Rock]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[All of Us]]'', ''[[Mann & Wife]]'')
|-
|July 3
|[[Corey Reynolds]]
|American actor
|-
|July 16
|[[Chris Pontius]]
|American stunt performer (''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'')
|-
|July 18
|[[Michael Dante DiMartino]]
|American writer
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 19
|[[Eric Price]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|[[Ramin Djawadi]]
|Composer
|-
|July 22
|[[Franka Potente]]
|Actress (''[[American Horror Story]]'')
|-
|July 23
|[[Stephanie March]]
|Actress (''[[Conviction]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 24
|[[Eugene Mirman]]
|Russian-born American actor (''[[Delocated]]'', ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'')
|-
|[[Jay R. Ferguson]]
|American actor (''[[Mad Men]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 25
|[[Lauren Faust]] 
|Animator (''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'', ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'')
|-
|[[Adrienne Janic]] 
|Host
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 26 
|[[Genevieve Gorder]] 
|[[HGTV]] host
|-
|[[Gary Owen (comedian)|Gary Owen]] 
|Comedian
|-
|July 27 
|[[Takehiro Hira]] 
|Japanese actor (''[[Giri/Haji]]'')
|-
|July 28 
|[[Elizabeth Berkley]]
|Actress (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')
|-
|July 29 
|[[Josh Radnor]]
|Actor (''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'')
|-
|July 30
|[[Hilary Swank]]
|Actress (''[[Camp Wilder]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''The One Percent'') and singer
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 1
|[[Matt Braunger]]
|Actor (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|[[Ming Chen]]
|Actor
|-
|August 3
|[[Mollie Hemingway]]
|American conservative author
|-
|August 6
|[[Ever Carradine]]
|Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[Commander in Chief (TV series)|Commander in Chief]]'', ''[[Goliath (TV series)|Goliath]]'')
|-
|August 7
|[[Chico Benymon]]
|Actor (''[[Half & Half]]'')
|-
|August 13
|[[Karine Jean-Pierre]]
|[[White House Press Secretary]] and political analyst ([[NBC News]], [[MSNBC]])
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 14
|[[Christopher Gorham]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Tomer Sisley]]
|Actor
|-
|August 15 
|[[Natasha Henstridge]]
|Canadian actress (''[[She Spies]]'')
|-
|August 16
|[[Edwin E. Aguilar]]
|Animator (''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[The Oblongs]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 20
|[[Amy Adams]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Misha Collins]]
|Actor (''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Gotham Knights (TV series)|Gotham Knights]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 22
|[[Jenna Leigh Green]]
|Actress and singer (''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'')
|-
|[[Kay Cannon]]
|Actress
|-
|August 24
|[[Jennifer Lien]]
|Actress (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
|-
|August 25
|[[Eric Millegan]]
|Actor (''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'')
|-
|August 26
|[[Meredith Eaton]]
|Actress
|-
|August 28
|[[Kristin Booth]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Signed, Sealed, Delivered (TV series)|Signed, Sealed, Delivered]]'')
|-
|August 29
|[[Jay Onrait]]
|Canadian television personality
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 1
|[[Jhonen Vasquez]]
|Animator (''[[Invader Zim]]'')
|-
|[[Betty Nguyen]]
|News anchor
|-
|September 6
|[[Chad Coleman]]
|Actor (''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', ''[[The Expanse (TV series)|The Expanse]]'')
|-
|September 10
|[[Ben Wallace (basketball)|Ben Wallace]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|September 17
|[[Rasheed Wallace]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 18
|[[Travis Schuldt]]
|Actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'')
|-
|[[Xzibit]]
|Rapper and actor (''[[Pimp My Ride]]'', ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]'')
|-
|[[Emily Rutherfurd]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 19
|[[Jimmy Fallon]]
|Comedian and talk show host (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|The Tonight Show]]'')
|-
|[[Edi Patterson]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 24
|[[Jackie Sandler]]
|Actress and wife of [[Adam Sandler]]
|-
|[[Michelle Ray Smith]]
|Actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
|September 27
|[[Carrie Brownstein]]
|Actress
|-
|September 29
|[[Brian Ash]]
|Screenwriter
|-
|October 2
|[[Courtney Hansen]]
|Actress
|-
|October 4
|[[Douglas Emerson]]
|Actor (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'')
|-
|October 6
|[[Jeremy Sisto]]
|Actor (''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 7 
|[[Allison Munn]]
|Actress (''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]'', ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn]]'')
|-
|[[Alexander Polinsky]]
|Actor (''[[Charles in Charge]]'', ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'')
|-
|October 8
|[[Martin Henderson]]
|New Zealand actor (''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'')
|-
|October 10
|[[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]]
|Analyst for ''[[NASCAR on NBC]]''
|-
|October 11
|[[Greg Poehler]]
|Actor
|-
|October 16
|[[Björn Yttling]]
|Songwriter
|-
|October 18
|[[Joy Bryant]]
|Actress (''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'')
|-
|October 21
|[[Jeff Richards (comedian)|Jeff Richards]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|November 4
|[[Melissa Lee (journalist)|Melissa Lee]]
|News anchor
|-
|November 6
|[[Zoe McLellan]]
|Actress (''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', ''[[Dirty Sexy Money]]'', ''[[NCIS: New Orleans]]'')
|-
|November 8
|[[Matthew Rhys]]
|Welsh actor (''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', ''[[The Americans]]'', ''[[The Owl House]]'')
|-
|November 11 
|[[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
|Actor (''[[Growing Pains]]'')
|-
|November 12
|[[Tamala Jones]]
|Actress (''[[For Your Love (TV series)|For Your Love]]'', ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'')
|-
|November 17
|[[Leslie Bibb]]
|Actress (''[[Popular (TV series)|Popular]]'', ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'')
|-
|November 18
|[[Chloë Sevigny]]
|Actress (''[[Big Love (TV series)|Big Love]]'', ''[[American Horror Story]]'') and singer
|-
|November 20
|[[Marisa Ryan]]
|Actress (''[[Major Dad]]'')
|-
|November 24
|[[Stephen Merchant]]
|Actor
|-
|November 28
|[[apl.de.ap]]
|Rapper
|-
|December 1
|[[Prentice Penny]]
|Writer
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 11
|[[Lisa Ortiz]]
|Voice actress (''[[Sonic X]]'', ''[[Slayers]]'', ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'')
|-
|[[Ben Shephard]]
|Television presenter 
|-
|December 13
|[[Debbie Matenopoulos]]
|TV host
|-
|December 15
|[[P. J. Byrne]]
|Actor (''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', ''[[Justice League Action]]'', ''[[The Game (American TV series)|The Game]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 17
|[[Sarah Paulson]]
|Actress (''[[American Horror Story]]'')
|-
|[[Giovanni Ribisi]]
|Actor (''[[Dads (2013 TV series)|Dads]]'')
|-
|[[Marissa Ribisi]]
|Actress (''[[Grown Ups (1999 TV series)|Grown Ups]]'')
|-
|December 18
|[[Kari Byron]]
|Actress and TV host (''[[Head Rush (TV series)|Head Rush]]'', ''[[MythBusters]]'')
|-
|December 20
|[[Rachel Ramras]]
|Actress
|-
|December 24
|[[Ryan Seacrest]]
|TV host
|-
|December 25
|[[Patrick Brennan (actor)|Patrick Brennan]]
|Actor
|-
|December 26
|[[Tiffany Brissette]]
|Actress (''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 27
|[[Kylee Cochran]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Masi Oka]]
|Japanese-American actor (''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 29
|[[Maria Dizzia]]
|Actress (''[[Orange is the New Black]]'')
|-
|[[Mekhi Phifer]]
|Actor (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
|[[Asheru]]
|Hip hop artist
|}